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Italian born navigator John Cabot reaches the coasts of Newfoundland and Cape Breton.
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Jacque Cartier explores the Saint Lawerance River, claiming the area for France.
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Newfoundland becomes England's first overseas colony.
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London traders establish Hudson's Bay Company.
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The Treaty of Paris gives England control of France's territory in North America.
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Refugees from the American Revolutionary War who are loyal to the British move north present day Canada.
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American invasion of area around the Great Lakes and the Canadian frontier.
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Oregon Treaty between the United States and Canada sets the new border at the 49th parallel.
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Dominion of Canada is formed and self-government granted.
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Gold Rush takes place along the Upper Yukon River.
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Canada fights on the side of the British and French in World War I.
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Canadian forces join Allied Powers in World War II.
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U.S. spacecraft Apollo 11 lands on the moon with Canadian-built landing gear.
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The North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect, linking Canada, the United States, and Mexico in a new economic partnership.
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